National Republican., 1887-05-13

In the twenty.second chapter OF Exodus
occurs the verse "Thou shalt not suffer a
witch to live" which text has caused the
cruel death Of hundreds OF women, even In
our own country. An English test OF the
crime was to throw the accused In river.
II she swan she was witch, II she drowned
she wasn't How wise our world has
been And how wise Is It now?
Other pictures are given, being views in
Birmingham, Ala. The literary matter,
short editorials, stories, poems, and notes
Of various subjects, is interesting and use
full.
THE CURRENT. Apr. %. 10 cents: 81 a year.
Chicago Current Company, 123.125 La Sale
street. Publishers.
This pleasant little weekly improves In
agreeableness. "My Masterpiece"--t
sorrows Of young author--is painfully,
while amusingly real. "Merze," con-
tinued story, is very strange and very
interesting. "Our Saddest Fate,n poem
Of four lines only, is deeply true. "Com-
ment," Through the Loopholes," "Books
and Authors" and emusic aud the
Drama" are Thoughtful as well as newsfull.
WORTH WINNING. A Novel. By Mrs. II.
LovETT CAMERON, author of ''Vera Nevlll.'
&c. Philadelphia j. b. L!pp,ncott Com
pany. Sale, Brentano. so cents.
The important requisite for us In novel,
and we hope for all other good people, is
plenty of love scenes. Here love is the
whole subject Of the story. Its title.page
motto will further enlighten the reader:
lifts bad to have money,
It's worse to have none.
For further information consult the book,
and feel assured you shall be satisfied, II,
by possessing tender heart, you deserve
to be so.
THE AMERICAN MUSICIAN. April 20.
Ten cents; sse year. New York; American
way. Publishers.
A bust Of Wagner is reproduced by en-
craving on the first page, "which repre-
sents him completely and just as he was''-
man Of thought and action. Further on
a portrait Of Lillian Nordica, the renowned
soprano songstress, whom Connecticut may
proudly claim as native. Musical informa-
ton, clustering and sw eet as the roses OF
the multiaora, perfumes the pages.
THE sANIrARIAN. April, a5 cents; s4a
year. New York: lib Fulton street. Pub.
Usher.
memory Of whose words, more important,
remains, writes:
Man and his cares to me, man, are dear.
The greatest OF "his cares" on earth is
health. For this the ,Sdnitdridn is ever
alert. Those dangers which continually
threaten humanity 1t looks at, Argus eyed,
and endeavors to prevent their coming; II
they arrive, despite all watchfulness, then
to foil their dis trous effects.
The present number OF this Invaluable
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ticles, among them "Rags and Infectious
Diseases" American Food Adultera-
tions." and, perhaps supreme, 1.-THE Care
Piled, monumental, with valuable statis-
tics relative to health is "The Editors
Table,
HARCOURT: OR, A SOUL ILLUMINED. By
ANNIE SoMERs GILCHRisT, author of Rose
hurst" &c. Second edition. Phil adelphil
si.Is. ssi B; Lippin'0'' Company sale' Bfentan0'
A domestic novel, occasionally entering
the regions of romance. 1t begins In the
suburb Of Nashville, Tenn, but is not
there confined, crossing the ocean
to strange lands Lillian Lindsay
ter of light and beauty, rendered
all the lovelier by contrast with the shade,
Belle Montgomery. Many persons appear
and act in the story, some we'll, some Ill.
They are men and women. The reader is
continually interested, and should be in
structed.
sCRIBNER's MAGAZINE. 25 cents; 'ss a
year. With illustrations New York :
Charles Scribner's Sons, 7i3'7i5 Broadway.
Publishers.
"The Development OF the Steamship"
by Commander +. E. Chadwick, of the
navy, opens this varied number, tracing the
rise and progress of steam navigation and
the advance In naval architecture. Profuse
illustrations, from instantaneous photo
graphs, accompany It,
All the woods awake and rise In N. 8.
Shaler's picturesque and practical article
on "Forests'of North America." ""An Ocean
Graveyard" by j. Mac Donald Oxley, then
watts us away to the great deep, where,
round Sable Island, We learn the melan-
choly story Of wrecks, so many, so disas-
trous, the "chart" confirming the terrible
title.
j. s. OF Dale's entertaining novelette,,
the "Residuary Legatee," SO long pleas
ing curiosity to readers, concludes in a
manner highly satisfactory. The delightful
..story Of u New. York House." II. G..
Bunner, also ends here, delightfully."-.
"Marse Archie's Fight home dialect
story Of war time, is life.like, original, aud
strong In character. We are indebted to
Maria Blunt, its author, for a scene OF love
and tumult very affecting and peculiar to
the south and the period. "a Collection of
Unpublished Letters Of Thackeray" is con-
tinued, possessing great interest and value
as frequently alluding to "Pendenniso and
David Copperfeld," on which their re-
spective writer's were then 1S49) engaged.
Robert Lewis Stevenson contributes
for its originality and force. "Seth's
Brothers. Wife" progresses still in mas
Coolidge;"An Islander,n Margaret Crosby,
and "Words and Music," Arlo Bates, are
the remaining attractive prose articles.
The poetical are : "At Last" by the late
Philip Bourke Marston, sad and touching,
and shorter verse by Susan Coolidge, Per-
cival Lowell, and Sarah NJ. b. Piatt.
SCribner'S May, IN text and illustration,
10 more acceptable than any previous num-
ber.
THE BRIDE OF THE NILE. A Romance by
GEORGE EBERs, Author of "Serapis," &c,
volumes New York. William s. Cots
berger, II Murray street. Sale, Brentano.
Scene In ancient Egypt. Curious ana
unusually interesting, with the strange
characters, country and time. Yet human
feeling, Interchangeable, pervades the story,
and wins the heart. Love is love
forever, While the reader shall
be highly pleased and still attracted along
with eager desire from incident to incident,
history is communicated, history of the
most extraordinary and absorbing kind.
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DEATH FROM APOPLEXY.
Mrs. Ada willard Drops Dead on the